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this is the united states wanting to send a message to putin on gay rights. the idea if vice president biden wanted to go to sochi -- i don't think a lot of the administration wanted to go to sochi. it is not the most inviting place. >> let's get back to the north/south fight. you are the expert. i remember watching with the jewish people -- we covered the story trying to get them out of russia. i was told at the time it was the russian government at that time's fear that if they let jewish people out it would signal other nationalities they could get out, too. all of these people wanted their independence. is this north/south problem in russia whatever they say or we say sort of the problem we are facing with the islamist world? >> that is what the russians argue how can you not understand the fight we are fighting because it is the same fight you are fighting in afghanistan? there are connections between the region and al qaeda and the taliban. the russians tend to label anyone in the caucuses who doesn't like them as a terrorist and extremist. they have do
this is the united states wanting to send a message to putin on gay rights. the idea if vice president biden wanted to go to sochi -- i don't think a lot of the administration wanted to go to sochi. it is not the most inviting place. >> let's get back to the north/south fight. you are the expert. i remember watching with the jewish people -- we covered the story trying to get them out of russia. i was told at the time it was the russian government at that time's fear that if they let...
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she has been secretary of state. she has been a united states senator. are you telling me that she is simply just an offshoot of bill clinton and that she should be judged by him? that's insulting. >> that's a smart argument. but is the argument he is making even more delicate and more narrow? he is saying this guy shouldn't be allowed to come back to the white house. isn't that what he is saying? he is attacking bill's right to come in as a spouse. >>, no not only that -- >> but i think they're pretty clear about that. the both of them, the two pauls, right, howard? >> well, what rand paul is saying to his base is that we don't want people with those kinds of values. we don't want those people with those kinds of values back this the white house. and, yes, he is definitely trying to make hillary answer for bill. but the other risk in doing that is that hillary clinton, when you put hillary clinton in that role of the bearer of the burden of bill clinton, she's done superbly well. they've also been together for 40 years. and if you make a victim out of h
she has been secretary of state. she has been a united states senator. are you telling me that she is simply just an offshoot of bill clinton and that she should be judged by him? that's insulting. >> that's a smart argument. but is the argument he is making even more delicate and more narrow? he is saying this guy shouldn't be allowed to come back to the white house. isn't that what he is saying? he is attacking bill's right to come in as a spouse. >>, no not only that -- >>...
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. >>> united states and russia working together to snuff out the terror threat at the winter olympics in russia and the joint effort could help president obama in his world standing i think. you're watching "hardball," the
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this is not the way the united states avoids wars. we ended the cold war because ronald reagan took the lead and the democrats backed him up. i was there. before reagan even met with gorbachev in 1985, the speaker of the house, my boss at the time led a bipartisan delegation to moscow vouching for reagan saying he spoke for pour kour c. the speaker made a point each time reagan met with new receso leaders, they were supported back home. if we're going to avert a war with iran, don't kid yourself, an attack by the united states would begin one, there's one route the next three years. that is through this president and state department. anything else is simply undermining the one chance we have to avoid what threatens to be a horrific unending war with iran, backed by the secular moderate people of the country united with the hardliners if we fail at peace and resort to an act of war. it's time for the opposition to do what it did in ending the cold war, stand together with the president. at least give him and peace a chance. that's "ha
this is not the way the united states avoids wars. we ended the cold war because ronald reagan took the lead and the democrats backed him up. i was there. before reagan even met with gorbachev in 1985, the speaker of the house, my boss at the time led a bipartisan delegation to moscow vouching for reagan saying he spoke for pour kour c. the speaker made a point each time reagan met with new receso leaders, they were supported back home. if we're going to avert a war with iran, don't kid...
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secretary of state john kerry said yesterday that the united states is ready to help iraq in any way possible, but that no american troops would be sent in. and that's the right call. better that our energy be focused on attempting to negotiate an end to the iranian nuclear crisis and peace between israel and the palestinians. already 4,410 americans lost their lives in iraq. and another 31,942 were wounded. that's enough. we need to be active participants in the middle east but no longer should our response to be open a military base in every trouble spot around the globe. those who would argue our withdrawal from iraq created instability need to be asked what sort of instability was created by the u.s. going into iraq in the first place? that's "hardball" for now. thank you for being with us. chris matthews comes back tomorrow night. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening, from new york. i'm chris hayes. and the first big political battle of the year of the fight over extending unemployment insurance will get a vote tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. today, the battle lin
secretary of state john kerry said yesterday that the united states is ready to help iraq in any way possible, but that no american troops would be sent in. and that's the right call. better that our energy be focused on attempting to negotiate an end to the iranian nuclear crisis and peace between israel and the palestinians. already 4,410 americans lost their lives in iraq. and another 31,942 were wounded. that's enough. we need to be active participants in the middle east but no longer...
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, united states senator from new york, in addition to having run for president before? >> well, again, i don't think politicians as well as hillary clinton or george bush or any of the like can totally reinvent themselves. i think hillary clinton has to stress the things that are positive and that americans love about her. one, she's experienced. she's done it all. and now that resume is burnished by being secretary of state. and you've got a guy like bob gates saying what a superb secretary of state she was. two, that she was ready on day one in 2008, and she is even more ready on day one in 2016. and secondly, that she can work together across the aisle. as a senator, she forged a great relationship with a lot of republicans in the senate. >> i know. >> hatch and the like. those are the things americans are looking for. they want an experienced, competent leader and someone who can reach across the aisle. that's the way you present hillary clinton. that's the most important thing to most americans right now. >> excuse me, let's talk about the sticky part right here. h
, united states senator from new york, in addition to having run for president before? >> well, again, i don't think politicians as well as hillary clinton or george bush or any of the like can totally reinvent themselves. i think hillary clinton has to stress the things that are positive and that americans love about her. one, she's experienced. she's done it all. and now that resume is burnished by being secretary of state. and you've got a guy like bob gates saying what a superb...
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it seems to me the united states government has so much potential. well tracked bin laden, for example, i don't think he could go anywhere near a cell phone for all the years he was on the lam. my question is that shows the system is working. they're keeping people from using state-of-the-art communications for terrorist purposes because they can hear everything, or at least track it. >> right. the challenge has always been that those on the libertarian side left and right who want to stop collecting data period, no more big data, the government should be blind to this data haven't answered the question what happens if there is a terror attack and we find out that this suspect was calling into our out of the united states, and now the government really can't backtrack their communications because now there is no data in this data dump at all. nobody is really answered how that is supposed to work. i think a lot on the libertarian side would say that's just too bad. it's just going to have to be old-fashioned gumshoe work to find out what this suspect
it seems to me the united states government has so much potential. well tracked bin laden, for example, i don't think he could go anywhere near a cell phone for all the years he was on the lam. my question is that shows the system is working. they're keeping people from using state-of-the-art communications for terrorist purposes because they can hear everything, or at least track it. >> right. the challenge has always been that those on the libertarian side left and right who want to...
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it is time for the united states to offer mr. snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home. ruth, your piece entitled edward snowden the insufferable whistle blower is not as sympathetic as the times. you wrote if snowden is such a believer in the constitution, why didn't he stick around to test the system the constitution created and deal with the consequences of his actions. go ahead and flesh that out. >> sure. edward snowden shouldn't get clemency. he shouldn't because he went into a job intending to steal secrets. he promised, he signed a contract to keep those secrets. instead he stole them. he revealed them. after he did that or before he did that, he left the country instead of like i said sticking around to face the music. unlike, for example, daniel elsburg who allowed himself to be subjected to prosecution. while i think "the new york times" has been right, there's been some value in the public discussion and the revelations. that we will grant him clemency. wouldn't just be ridic
it is time for the united states to offer mr. snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home. ruth, your piece entitled edward snowden the insufferable whistle blower is not as sympathetic as the times. you wrote if snowden is such a believer in the constitution, why didn't he stick around to test the system the constitution created and deal with the consequences of his actions. go ahead and flesh that out. >> sure. edward snowden shouldn't get...
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you're president of the united states, right? so aside from some awful national disaster, why would you ever really have a bad day? you know, you're the guy, and presidents can change the subject. presidents can issue sweeping executive orders. presidents can invade countries, not that that's a great thing that i would advise him to do. i think a president has to approach every new year and every new day with the idea of being the protagonist and of trying to move forward an agenda. and the president has tools to do that. >> howard, he said he is an introspective individual. cover him the way th covering him the way you have, do you think he looks at 2014 as an opportunity to wipe the slate clean, and if so how then to move forward? >> i think he has been in washington long enough to know there are no clean slates anymore. and i don't think he is naive enough to think he has one coming into the state of the union address later this month. but i also think president obama plays a deep game. he plays a long-range game. he has a --
you're president of the united states, right? so aside from some awful national disaster, why would you ever really have a bad day? you know, you're the guy, and presidents can change the subject. presidents can issue sweeping executive orders. presidents can invade countries, not that that's a great thing that i would advise him to do. i think a president has to approach every new year and every new day with the idea of being the protagonist and of trying to move forward an agenda. and the...
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surprise a president of the united states, bill clinton or spitzer or one of these guys came out and said, my principle is that private life factors should stay with the private life. >> good luck with that. >> how come, what is the new line. it used to be, gene, it was sex plus, you didn't just write about it, if a guy is gay you didn't bring it up, you didn't out people. you didn't out girlfriends unless there was a lobbyist or someone in the office place that broke the rules. >> things have changed, the big change started with gary hartmann, he said follow me, right? and so -- >> and then your colleagues said -- have you ever cheated on your wife. you sent back journalism 20 years with that question. that went on. >> i think the ball has moved, even in france. can you imagine anyone asking that question at a press conference. we had a whole second family, and so i think attitudes have changed over there, it may have something too do with the way the media works now, with the instantaneous nature of the coverage. ubiquity of cameras, also in this case, the inspector clouseau factor
surprise a president of the united states, bill clinton or spitzer or one of these guys came out and said, my principle is that private life factors should stay with the private life. >> good luck with that. >> how come, what is the new line. it used to be, gene, it was sex plus, you didn't just write about it, if a guy is gay you didn't bring it up, you didn't out people. you didn't out girlfriends unless there was a lobbyist or someone in the office place that broke the rules....
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where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> december's jobs report is out. and while the economy only added 74,000 jobs, lower than what was expected, the unemployment rate fell 3/10 of a point down to 6.7. that's the lowest percentage since october of 2008, though analysts attribute it to more people actually leaving the workplace. we'll be right back. i mean, he picks up the tab every time, which is great...what? he's using you. he probably has a citi thankyou card and gets 2x the points at restaurants. so he's just racking up points with me. some people... ugh! no, i've got it. the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points on dining out and entertainment, with no annual fee.to apply, go to citi.com/thankyoucards yeah? then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. silence. are you in g
where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> december's jobs report is out. and while the economy only added 74,000 jobs, lower than what was expected, the unemployment rate fell 3/10 of a point down to 6.7. that's the lowest percentage since october of 2008, though analysts attribute it to more...
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by that he means the united states government. >>> and hillary clinton's about to get a huge boost from the people who helped defeat her in 2008 to reelect president obama in 2012. the liberal superpac priorities usa has formally joined the fight on hillary's behalf. >>> and let me finish tonight with why this huckabee remark could be the stopper to a republican sweep. this is "hardball," the place for politics. lovely read susan. may i read something? yes, please. of course. a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. 340 grams. [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] always rich, never bitter. gevalia. >>> we may be heading toward another showdown over the debt ceiling. the treasury secretary jack lew told house secretary john bain they're the debt ceiling needs to be raised by late february. boehner's office responded by saying republicans would demand something in return, because in their words, a clean debt ceiling increase simply won't pass the house. what remains to be seen is why republicans, who have recovered in the poll since last year's shutdown and now have some political wind at their
by that he means the united states government. >>> and hillary clinton's about to get a huge boost from the people who helped defeat her in 2008 to reelect president obama in 2012. the liberal superpac priorities usa has formally joined the fight on hillary's behalf. >>> and let me finish tonight with why this huckabee remark could be the stopper to a republican sweep. this is "hardball," the place for politics. lovely read susan. may i read something? yes, please....
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with irs, you don't have anyone who is directly working with the president of the united states. and you certainly don't have the president of the united states directing the irs to go after tea party people. reince priebus and other republicans are throwing up irs, benghazi, and you want to throw in there the foul-up of the healthcare.gov roll-out. >> oh, fast and furious. let's get the whole list here. >> fast and furious. right. well, all of these things are throwing up, trying to, as joy said, you know, get the media to change, you know, focus their attention on other things. but it also is something that the base of the party that absolutely hates the president is also putting out there. i have had on my twitter feed, e-mail, inbox, facebook people saying why didn't the president say anything -- do the same thing as christie did on irs, on benghazi, on healthcare.gov? and the answer is, well, actually, the president has. and so for the folks who hate the president, for the folks who want chris christie to win, this is something, yet another thing that they can say is unfair
with irs, you don't have anyone who is directly working with the president of the united states. and you certainly don't have the president of the united states directing the irs to go after tea party people. reince priebus and other republicans are throwing up irs, benghazi, and you want to throw in there the foul-up of the healthcare.gov roll-out. >> oh, fast and furious. let's get the whole list here. >> fast and furious. right. well, all of these things are throwing up, trying...
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states attorney's office where the united states attorney office, has the attorney's office told them wait a minute, we're not going to have a mass dump of all the information. you're only going to leak a certain amount. so the question is, all of this information is due back next week from these 20 subpoenas that entwithout. it's an open question how much of that we're actually going to get to see and beyond that, right now, we know that the u.s. attorney's office has subpoenaed records from christie's re-election campaign. how many more of those subpoenas go out? at this point, now that the u.s. attorney is involved, nobody expects any of the people subpoenaed are actually going to testify before that committee. they'll respond to the document requests. nobody expects any of them are going to testify. >> i'm waiting for it to get to the governor himself and waiting to see him subpoenaed under oath. thank you, steve and richard ben-venista. this is "hardball," the place for politics. we use this board to compare car insurance rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often fo
states attorney's office where the united states attorney office, has the attorney's office told them wait a minute, we're not going to have a mass dump of all the information. you're only going to leak a certain amount. so the question is, all of this information is due back next week from these 20 subpoenas that entwithout. it's an open question how much of that we're actually going to get to see and beyond that, right now, we know that the u.s. attorney's office has subpoenaed records from...
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if you want to be president of the united states, right now, you want to be hillary clinton. although, there's no sure thing. she certainly has the best chance of anyone alive to become president. but the question is that she has to decide, does she want to get into that meat grinder for two years, and then four or eight years as president, does she want to live the next ten years of her life in that type of pressure cooker. and remember, hillary clinton can be a rock star without running for president. she may be the only person other than bill clinton, alive, who can say that. she can be a rock star, she can go all over the world and be greeted like a hero, just because she's hillary clinton. so i'm not sure it's a slam dunk. if she decides to do it, i don't think there's a serious contender in the democratic ranks, chris. even the vice president, who's been a good vice president, will find that hillary clinton will have the heart and the soul of 80, 85% of the democratic fund-raising base. >> what do you make of this idea that larry summers, the genius from harvard, a grea
if you want to be president of the united states, right now, you want to be hillary clinton. although, there's no sure thing. she certainly has the best chance of anyone alive to become president. but the question is that she has to decide, does she want to get into that meat grinder for two years, and then four or eight years as president, does she want to live the next ten years of her life in that type of pressure cooker. and remember, hillary clinton can be a rock star without running for...
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we've had the longest life span in the history of the world in the united states of america and that includes starting from the 1600s until today because of the medical advances we make in science. and we are a christian nation. so the two can clearly coexist. >> let me just add to hogan. >> go ahead. >> to hogan's point, one of the personification of coexistence is the head of the institution of health. he makes that same exact point. which is these things don't have to necessarily be at odds. however, he also make this point that if silence is to succeed in america, we do need to devote more public resources to it and need to emphasize it in our education systems. i think it's inarguable from a statistical standpoint that we are letting ourselves fall behind in those respects. >> that's a policy debate. >> it is. it's a good policy debate. >> it's also a debate that will never end, right? because neither side gives in a debate like this. thank you, both. thank you sam stein and hogan gidley. >>> up next, why toronto's rob ford is running for re-election. he thinks he's the best may
we've had the longest life span in the history of the world in the united states of america and that includes starting from the 1600s until today because of the medical advances we make in science. and we are a christian nation. so the two can clearly coexist. >> let me just add to hogan. >> go ahead. >> to hogan's point, one of the personification of coexistence is the head of the institution of health. he makes that same exact point. which is these things don't have to...
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states. >> david, i know you're a man of the center left or left and your politics are clear to me and i love them but let me tell you what the stupid thing is. how hideous it is for the republicans. what is their opening against obama and democrats. they don't know how to run something. they don't know how to control situations. here's a guy who admits as his defense he doesn't know anything that's going on. he doesn't know what's going on with the bridge or guys he's appointed. he doesn't know about traffic surveys opinion he doesn't know what his chief of staff is doing. that's his defense? >> what christie is sort of promotion, self-promotion has been in the last year what goes on in washington, they are just a bunch ever kid, it's a kindergarten down there. i'm not like that. i make things happen. i'm an adult. he has said that over and over again. dismissing other congressional leaders who might run for president as well. now he looks like he's the guy who is petty, a schoolyard bully and the whole idea that he didn't know -- listen there was evidence weeks ago that that whole tr
states. >> david, i know you're a man of the center left or left and your politics are clear to me and i love them but let me tell you what the stupid thing is. how hideous it is for the republicans. what is their opening against obama and democrats. they don't know how to run something. they don't know how to control situations. here's a guy who admits as his defense he doesn't know anything that's going on. he doesn't know what's going on with the bridge or guys he's appointed. he...
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steve, it looks to me like the feds in the form here of the united states and jay rockefeller is retiring at the end of this year is going to go out with a bang. it looks to me like we got to look at this whole other front here of the federals talking about interstate commerce, bridge crossing between jersey and new york, clearly interstate commerce. where do you see the action on that end? >> well, look, we have to ask yourself what has moved this along so far. we're talking about something that took place all the way back in september and didn't really explode adds a story until the last week, the last ten days. why did it explode as a story? it's because of the assembly power of the state assembly committee, the subpoena power that was looking into it and the documents that emerged from that and the documents that came into public view. that's what exploded this story. and if this story at least publicly is going to continue to play out, questions being raised with questions being answered, any of the subpoenas that come out from anybody that is looking into this, whatever committee it
steve, it looks to me like the feds in the form here of the united states and jay rockefeller is retiring at the end of this year is going to go out with a bang. it looks to me like we got to look at this whole other front here of the federals talking about interstate commerce, bridge crossing between jersey and new york, clearly interstate commerce. where do you see the action on that end? >> well, look, we have to ask yourself what has moved this along so far. we're talking about...
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. >>> two lions of the united states senate, both republicans, are crossing party lines and endorsing democrats. in virginia, former republican senator john warner is throwing his support behind sitting democratic senator mark warner. the two warners aren't related. and republican richard lugar, the long-time senator from indiana, he is backing democrat michelle nunn in georgia. lugar's pac has made a hefty contribution. their fathers were long-time senate colleagues. be right back after this. so you're telling me your mom has a mom cave? hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? [ male announcer ] it fills you up right. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? thcar loan didn't start here. it started with that overdue bill he never got. checking his experian credit report and score allowed him to identify and better address the issue. then drive off into the sunset. experian. nwas the most watchedage otelevision event ever.s so, what's next? th
. >>> two lions of the united states senate, both republicans, are crossing party lines and endorsing democrats. in virginia, former republican senator john warner is throwing his support behind sitting democratic senator mark warner. the two warners aren't related. and republican richard lugar, the long-time senator from indiana, he is backing democrat michelle nunn in georgia. lugar's pac has made a hefty contribution. their fathers were long-time senate colleagues. be right back...
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. >>> two lions of the united states senate, both republicans, are crossing party lines and endorsing democrats. in virginia, former republican senator john warner is throwing his support behind sitting democratic senator mark warner. the two warners aren't related. and republican richard lugar, the long-time senator from indiana, he is backing democrat michelle nunn in georgia. lugar's pac has made a hefty contribution. their fathers were long-time senate colleagues. be right back after this. >>> welcome back. the front page of today's "new york times" paints a portrait in colorful detail, as i said, of how christie's team pressures and intimidates their opposition. in the case of hoboken mayor dawn zimmer, it meant repeatedly muscling her to get into line. it started last may when zimmer is lured to meetings about flood prevention only to find she'll really be meeting with a bunch of christie lobbyists and allies who are all wanting a piece of a big development deal that zimmer isn't ready to support. it's a deal being pushed by the rockefeller group which is represented by a cadre
. >>> two lions of the united states senate, both republicans, are crossing party lines and endorsing democrats. in virginia, former republican senator john warner is throwing his support behind sitting democratic senator mark warner. the two warners aren't related. and republican richard lugar, the long-time senator from indiana, he is backing democrat michelle nunn in georgia. lugar's pac has made a hefty contribution. their fathers were long-time senate colleagues. be right back...
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well, he can reestablish himself as the president of the united states, stop going for the politics of small, propose something big. if the republicans say no, make them the bad guys. don't say no to yourself. make them say no to you. that could be the winning strategy for next year as well. rachel maddow will be joining me, we'll be joining each other along with al sharpton, steve hayes and steve schmidt for full coverage of president obama's state of the union. at midnight we'll have a special late-night edition of "hardball" to go through all the politics tonight including who won and who lost. joining me right now is robert gibbs and msnbc political analyst, and howard fineman, editorial director for "the huffington post." he is also an msnbc political analyst. i want to go to howard because he has a bit further outside position, the new robert. i want him to know he gets the first full blast of this because i read his pre-interview. in short language, when loyalists to the president tune in at 9:00 tonight and listen for an hour or so, what will they expect to feel emotionally fro
well, he can reestablish himself as the president of the united states, stop going for the politics of small, propose something big. if the republicans say no, make them the bad guys. don't say no to yourself. make them say no to you. that could be the winning strategy for next year as well. rachel maddow will be joining me, we'll be joining each other along with al sharpton, steve hayes and steve schmidt for full coverage of president obama's state of the union. at midnight we'll have a...
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of state. but can they run a smart, tech savvy campaign and refrain from the personal destruction, stepping out of the past into the future that yesterday could prove to be hillary's biggest challenge yet. she needs a team that will help her do that. harold ford is a former democrat congressman from tennessee and and msnbc political analyst. and stephanie rawlings-blake is the mayor of baltimore. congressman ford, it seems to me to to put it bluntly that the old games starting in '92 to get elected president was like roller derby. make sure bob kerrey is out of the race and you're the nominee of the party. and then along came obama, who didn't necessarily run a negative campaign, he ran a campaign based on state-of-the-art numbers krur s crunching where he was able to find delegates through caucuses in states like the dakotas and places out west and beat hillary clinton before she could get in the name by modern number crunching. how did the clintons 2016 pull it altogether? >> two things, chri
of state. but can they run a smart, tech savvy campaign and refrain from the personal destruction, stepping out of the past into the future that yesterday could prove to be hillary's biggest challenge yet. she needs a team that will help her do that. harold ford is a former democrat congressman from tennessee and and msnbc political analyst. and stephanie rawlings-blake is the mayor of baltimore. congressman ford, it seems to me to to put it bluntly that the old games starting in '92 to get...